Snow-plow



(No Model.) G. A. GUNTHER.

snow PLOW,

No. 281,497. Patent ed July 17; 1883.

*1 /fl/ //M WITNESSES: I I 'INVBN'IOR:

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. cunrnnn, or new UTREOHT, AssicNoR or ONE-THIRD TO -HERMANN Kmnsrmn, or BROOKLYN, new YORK.

SNOW-PLOW.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,497, dated July 1'7, 1883.

Application filed February 2 4, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. GUNTHER, of New Utrecht, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Snow-Plow, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved snow-plow fitted with a device for throwing aside the snow at the sides of the track and loosening the snow in front of the plow, so that the same can be moved forward easily and rapidly.

The invention consists in the combination, with a snow-plow, of a cannon for loosening the snow, which cannon is preferably provided i with side apertures or tubular arms or branches inclined to the longitudinal axis of the cannon. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

which similar letters of reference indicate corv responding parts in both thefigures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved snow-plow, parts being broken out. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the muzzle end of the cannon. 1

Aheavy snow-plow, A of the usual construction, is mounted on a flat car, B, which carries a large breech-loading cannon, O, the.

muzzle of which projectsfrom the' point of the plow. At the muzzle or front end the cannon is provided with two tubular branches or arms,'D, which are inclined forward and.

sidewise at an angle of from thirty to forty-five degrees to the longitudinal axis of the cannon.

tridges at the breech in the usual manner. The force of the explosion loosens and removes the snow at the sides of the track andin front of the plow, so that the same can be moved 5 forward very. easily and rapidly. The force of the explosion is sufficient to loosen the snow in the highest snow-banks, and prevents the snow from being packed so firmlyagainst .the plow and in front of the same to prevent the plow from being forced forward.

In place of..providing the cannon with the two branches D, it can be provided with a series of side openings extending to the bore. More than one cannon can be located on the car, if desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a snowplow, of a cannon, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a snow-plow, of a cannon provided with side apertures in the front part of the barrel, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a snow-plow, of a cannon provided at the front end with tubular branches or arms, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. I 4. The combination, with a snow-plow, of a cannon provided at the front end with tubular side branches or arms inclined to the longitudinal axis of the cannon, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

GEO. A. GUN THER. Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, EDGAR TATE. 

